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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 52nd (CTHTBHOWHG) (plus bonus Smowmageddon photo!)

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Congrats to Sidney, who won Chasing Alex by Em Woods and A Special Christmas by J.P. Bowie! Both books will be released by Total-E-Bound today as part of the Yule Be Mine collection.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Can’t Tie His Tie By Himself Or With Help Guy (CTHTBHOWHG).

had

, but because he was totally (Hi, YFIGTFLTG!)

, he had a

and,

that flocked around him after he woke up, started

instead of stumping. Hearing about the accident was

in his

showing up to express their

and take him (and his butterflies!) home to recuperate. The end.

Thanks to Mary Calmes for finding several of these covers for me!

This was my street Sunday at around 3 pm, looking down the side of the street that the City of Minneapolis was supposed to plow today… We had 18″ of snow between midnight Friday and Saturday evening!

“This is not very interesting to look at, Mom. Please do something about it.” -Chaos

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 51st (YCDYLOMWAG)

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Congrats to Marie, who won Mistletoe and Submission by Kim Dare!  Mistletoe and Submission will be released by Total-E-Bound

today.

Congrats to Brenna and LadyM, who won His for the Holidays by LB Gregg, Harper Fox, ZA Maxfield, and Josh Lanyon. His for the Holidays will be released by Carina Press today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Allow me to introduce You Can Do Your Laundry on My Washboard Abs Guy (YCDYLOMWAG).

After getting kicked off

because he fell in with

and developed

, YCDYLOMWAG was

and hoping to not fall into his old pattern of

. Maybe

of

would be all he needed

into believing he was actually the

and not

up to

to escape the

of

that was

parting gift to him as he left Kate’s Crew. And still,

him, even as he suffered through

, hoping that Cupid would allow him to attain

him this boon, and let him say to his old friends on Kate’s Crew, “

.” The end.

P.S. Did you notice that YCDYLOMWAG was both guys on the Interdependence cover?

“Mom! Another naughty boy! And o noes, his pants are going to fall off!!” -Mayhem the Aghast

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 50th (The Return of Shy Guy)

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Congrats to Kaetrin, who won Beyond Reckless by Ava March! Beyond Reckless was released by Amber Quill Press yesterday.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Let’s see what Shy Guy‘s been up to lately, shall we?

was that he was tired of being

on

. He realized it was time to stop

, start

, and then conquer

so he could claim

, which was

of Great Price, snatched from the

. Alas, it was hard for him to change his

, let go of

, and embrace the fact that

, not raining

. Then, without warning, a

gave him a vicious

and he learned the hard way that

. The end.

Anyone not completely confused at this point? Really? Maybe you could explain it the rest of us, then. 😉

*sigh* “Mom’s a lost cause, isn’t she?” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 49th (Candy Cane Guy rides again!)

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Happy Fifth Blogiversary to Stumbling Over Chaos today! Wait, that’s me… 😉 Serendipitously, the blog will also receive its 50,000th non-spam comment today – if that comment is you, you’ll win a prize to be determined congrats, Jenre!!

Thanks to all of you for making the last five years so much fun for me!

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! It’s been a while since we checked in with Candy Cane Guy, hasn’t it?

Candy Cane Guy was dreaming of the

he had planned for his night of

and

, starting with a

because he was sooooo done

, then moving on to some

, and ending with him

(or maybe

, depending on his mood). (EC really likes to pair CCG’s body with that head…)

Slowly waking up, no longer completely

in his dreams, he thought about how wonderful it would be to have

, to be

with

.

Do you remember how Candy Cane Guy got his name? It was in the very first Misadventure, nearly a year ago!

*sigh* “I don’t think Mom listens to me at all about the naughty boys. At least there’s a handsome spotty kitty for me to look at this time…” – Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 48th (The Return of Too Smooth Guy)

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Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be revisiting our old friend Too Smooth Guy.

, Too Smooth Guy waited for

, hoping he’d be able to provide the excellent

for which he’d become known. Alas, when the call came, the Silkie demanded

because he’d failed to show for their regular

. (I’d recommend getting your hair cut ASAP, TSG. Oh, and that tartan on the next cover is just not you.)

When she pressed him about his whereabouts, Too Smooth Guy just muttered vaguely, “

… but ’twas hardly

, as you seem to believe. We are both

and you haven’t been

, as you seem to imagine. Can’t we move

with

(Hi, Slouching Open Black Jacket Guy!) and find our

once again? Must I jump on my

and use my

to race to your side with my

?!”

To be continued… maybe. Someday. Look! Over there! Shiny…

“WHAAAT?! More naughty boys?!? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 47th (Guy with No Name)

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Congrats to Ronda, who won Strength of a Gamma (Pack Discipline, Book 2) by Kim Dare! Strength of a Gamma is being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we have… a guy with no name. I’m really hoping that all of you will come up with a good name for him so I can change the post title to something a little bit less lame. 🙂

Our man of mystery had a

– instead of enjoying

parade, he would transform himself into a

, then follow the

, which acted as

for him, leading him to

and roust out many a vampire who’d

to escape his

. O noes! Those poor vampires… 🙁

I hope you don’t think too hard about that narrative. I suspect that if you do, part of your brain will ooze out one of your ears. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

“I was really hoping you’d forgotten about all those naughty boys while you were gone, Mom.” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 46th (Vampires!)

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Congrats to Tam, who won Eat Me by Mia Watts! Eat Me, Pride and Joey, and Elliot’s War are all being released today by Total-E-Bound.

Don’t forget that I’m heading to San Francisco with Kris, Tam, Jenre, and Tracy to see the city and attend Yaoi Con. Subsequently, blogging will be a little spotty for the next two weeks. I’ll post contest winners in the evening on October 25 (today), October 28, and October 29 – please consider 7 pm CDT as a rough ending time for those contests! Contests will stay open until I shut off the comments on the contest posts. A new Kim Dare contest will automagically post on Thursday, October 28. Also, I’m not going to be able to reply to all of the contest entries and I apologize in advance for that. Nor will I even be attempting to keep up my usual blog reading and commenting.

Vacationy sorts of random posts may appear without warning. :)

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! In honor of Halloween, today’s Misadventure is about vampires.

When

for

, he hopes

of the assignment is for the Envoy to reward him by establishing

that will allow him to stay

,

in a

. Instead, the snared vampire broke free and turned on the Envoy, bellowing “

, you stupid fool! I call down a

upon you!

on this day, nothing will remain of you but a

husk!”

“Well, so much for the Envoy,” thought Sluggo. “I guess it’s time for Plan B.”

(You can check out the original stock photos at iStockphoto.)

“Those vampires are wimps – check out some really scary fangs!” -Chaos

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Misadventures in Stock Photography: Part the 45th (The Return of Wind-in-Hair Guy)

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Congrats to Jenre, who won her choice from LA Witt’s backlist!

Congrats to cturtlechick, who won Why Jay Ran Away (Contact, Book 3) by Jade Archer! Why Jay Ran Away is being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! I’m sure we all remember Wind-in-Hair Guy, right? If not, feel free to catch up on his previous misadventure. We’ll wait. 🙂 All caught up? Onward! (Some of these titles are oddly complex, but if you hover your mouse pointer over the covers, you should be able to tell which bit of the titles I used.)

Because of

when she heard the

(

of exceptional power), she became the

on the

. Unfortunately, due to the

,WiHG couldn’t just abandon her in the

and leave her to become

. Instead, he called a

and asked, “Please, can you

? Miranda’s possessed, and I’m afraid that if I fall asleep, she’ll

!” The demon hunter, from

, Inc., arrived in a flash and allowed Miranda to find

at last. *ahem*

“I can’t help but notice there’s another naughty boy today, Mom. Haven’t we talked about this before? I am so disappointed in you.” – Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photograph: Part the 44th (TTTHHG)

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Today is National Coming Out Day. Dear Author is celebrating by giving away GLBT ebook and print romances. Author Amy Lane is donating her cut of Litha’s Constant Whim, which touches on GLBT suicide, for today to The Trevor Project (book must be purchased via Dreamspinner for that to happen).

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll meet Trying To Tip His Hat Guy (TTTHHG). Keep an eye on his hat line and his hand, and make sure you say hi to Slouching Open Black Jacket Guy when you see him.

TTTHHG could still see a

in the sky, even though it was

. “Oh no!” he cried. “‘Tis an ill portent indeed.

are doomed, for surely this means that a

at the

is nigh! I doubt that even

could offer

or another

under those conditions!”

Yeah, don’t think too hard about that one, ok?! 🙂

“I can’t believe you continue to subject me to naughty boys, Mom!” -Mayhem

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Misadventures in Stock Photograph: Part the 43rd (Slave Boy)

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Congrats to Shanna, who won Code Blue by Stephani Hecht! Code Blue was released by eXtasy Books Friday.

Congrats to Susmita, who won Gayish (G-A-Y, Book 12) by Kim Dare! Gayish is being released by Total-E-Bound today.

Welcome to another edition of the Misadventures in Stock Photography! Today we’ll be meeting Slave Boy. Here he is in Las Vegas, captured in the wild by Jordan Castillo Price, just for me. Thanks, Jordan!

It’s a bit odd that a tattoo parlor is advertising using a photoshopped tattoo, isn’t it? Onward!

Once upon a time, a simple

was living a quiet life in

, until he was kidnapped by

, marked with

, taken to

, and sold as a

. He was quite the

at the slave auction, where he was purchased by a burly mistress… he thought. It was only later, when he and his new “mistress” were

that he realized

and that

is not always what you get… or what gets you.

“Naughty boys? What naughty boys? I don’t see any naughty boys. Lalalalalalala.” -Mayhem